"Utica Rescue of 1836" exhibit opens next weekend

Saturday

Sep 27, 2008 at 12:01 AMSep 27, 2008 at 9:35 AM

A new exhibit, “The Utica Rescue at Judge Hayden’s Law Office,” will open up at its home at 1608 Genesee Street next Saturday.

A new exhibit, “The Utica Rescue at Judge Hayden’s Law Office,” will open up at its home at 1608 Genesee Street at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 4.
The exhibit was created by the Freedom Trail Commission and is presented by the Oneida County Historical Society. It highlights the December 29, 1836 events surrounding the rescue of two black men accused of being runaway slaves, whose detention and subsequent escape galvanized the abolitionist movement in the Mohawk Valley.
The exhibit is the first of four to be presented by the Freedom Trail Commission and its opening coincides with the second annual Oneida County History Day.
The Oneida County Freedom Trail Commission has been actively studying the Underground Railroad in Oneida County. It was organized in part as a response to an initiative from the Federal National Park Service to identify and preserve sites and develop information concerning the Underground Railroad nationwide. The Oneida County Freedom Trail Commission consists of people from all parts of the county who have shown an interest in the region's Underground Railroad.
The Oneida County Historical Society will be open from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. The free event is co-sponsored by the Freedom Trail Commission, the Oneida County Historians Association, and the Oneida County Historical Society.